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The resort is isolated and very close to the saudi arabia border. Most of the equipments are old and hardly intact. The guide is a pervert and the staff stole the money from the locker, we fought hard to get our money back.

I came here for the day just to chill and do some snorkelling. I had a great day and the staff were really kind and helpful. Hire and entrance was a little bit expensive, but I guess you'd expect that. I turned out to be one of the only people there so it was fantastic.

We bought both the Lonely Planet Guide to Jordan and the Rough Guide (latest editions) to visit Aqaba last week, (February 23rd 2015). This beach and the Royal Diving Centre are both still very highly recommended in both.
Of note.
Access to the Royal Diving Centre is now via a new roundabout, on the coastal road south, about 4kms from...
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Leaky mask, deserted facilities, shoddy showers. BUT the reefs are amazing, and you can get into the sea off the pier and snorkel straight over to them.
Depends on what your priorities are, and how important the facilities are to you when you get out of the water.
Don't expect any frills.. On the plus side the place was really...
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The facilities are old and derelict (broken showers, dirty beach...). Despite the high price (8JD§) the snorkelling equipment was broken.
The attitude of the staff does NOT compensate any of this (neither helpful nor nice)
Nice diving spot though but hard to enjoy in these conditions..
Avoid at all costs

Hello everyone,
With 3 friends,we spent one day in the Roayl Diving Center in Aqaba last Week.
We were encouraged to rent one locker, so our stuff would be safe...
At the end of the day, we went straight back to Hamman to take our plane back home, where i realised that 200€ were missing in my wallet, which i...
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It was the most terrible experience i have ever had, we went there to dive, they were so unprofessional, didn't give us the slightest safety instructions. I don't understand how is it called .the royal diving center!! honestly its one of the worst things i have ever seen

We stayed in the Marina Plaza Hotel in Tala Bay and wanted to learn how to dive. We chose the RDC due to its location nearby and it's good reputation. Hamza, the manager, and I communicated via Facebook initially and he arranged to pick us up personally the next day. We were provided with training manual and materials which we...
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